Howard M. Tanner FRSA
Résumé
Howard M. Tanner. FRSA
Personal Statement:
I believe effective Industrial Design to be the most successful interaction of art and science. A complex concept deterring use, my designs are predicated upon a user’s optimal interaction with the subject product and the technology it comprises. My products are simple in conception, and their use is both intuitive and a pleasure.
Always stimulated by the requirements of a design brief and routinely without specific prior experience in a program’s subject area, my creativity, engineering instinct, knowledge of materials, processing and industrial experience have, working collaboratively with client or employer teams, enabled the discovery of original, IP-worthy product answers to the most demanding, adventuresome design questions and, to their commercial success.
Professional Capabilities:
With employer or consultant design teams my program-determined design responsibilities have included:
• Basic research and Product definition
• Concept sketching…analog,
• Concept modeling…SolidWorks/KeyShot
• Concept model creation…rapid prototyping/machining/
foam core
• Physical testing/product refinement/vendor enquiries
• 2D/3D product documentation/IP prima-preparation/
material processing/specification to manufacturing
release
Design Innovations:
With others, my skill-set has enabled the creation of the first:
• pluggable laser fiber…HGM Medical-UT
• adoption of TEM-01(doughnut-mode) laser with
ultrasound visualization to treat Trans Urethral
Prostatectomy (TURP)…Sorenson Medical UT
• planer peristaltic pump and cartridge for patient
controlled pain management…Sorenson Medical-UT
• minimally-invasive laser-based intervention
incorporating unique sutures to treat Abdominal
Aortic Aneurisms…Endo-Vascular Associates-MD
• sound limited/vibration attenuated home
fragrancing product…Client-WI
• cartridge-based water purifiers using fully
saturated brine…Pentair-WI
• Ring-needle-based tattoo removal system with
vibration attenuating grip…Rejuvatek Medical-UT
and the awarding of
• 30+ patents in areas of medical, consumer, commercial
and engineering product development that both
enhanced the IP-owner’s corporate valuation and
generated product licensing revenues
Education:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Courses toward BS, Mechanical Engineering
Ealing Art College, **London, England
• College Diploma Industrial Design
• Licensure-Society of Industrial Artists & Designers
• Licensure-Royal Society of Arts
Ware College, Ware, England
• City&Guilds of London Plastic
Technician’s Certificate
• Licensure, Plastics & Rubber Institute
Education-additional
Independent Research Project 2002 - 06
• Post graduate studies-Industrial
Design Dissertation: The development
of a bio-integrating suture and
method of its deployment within a
prosthetic graft/mammalian tissue
matrix.
Design Engine Education, Chicago, IL 2004
• SolidWorks training
Professional Affiliations:
Fellow Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) 2003
Spark Design Awards
• Winner-Challenger Status,
‘Best of`08’ 2008
**became University of West London
Professional Experience:
Assisted the following companies in their product design/development activities:
Rejuvatec - SLC, UT 07.2021 - 05.2023
Research Designer
For the tattoo removal industry and with collaborators investigated methodologies to • simplify/speed
procedure set-up • foreshorten treatment cycle and make treatment outcomes less medical-technician
dependent • make technician/client experience more comfortable • simplify post treatment procedures
PENTAIR - Milwaukee, WI 09.2018 - 06.2021
Design Specialist
With collaborators created • next generation domestic/commercial water treatment/related treatment
methodologies • new brine-based Point-of-Entry water softener technique • cartridge-based Point-of-Use
water purifier • performance and cost improvements to legacy products
DESIGN MATTERS - Wauwatosa, WI 05.2016 - 09.2018
Principal
With colleagues/collaborators designed/developed • external packaging elements of a Medical Imaging
System (Techniscan) incorporating Warm Bath Ultrasound technology • an electric Hobbyist Hand Tool
(Bosch/Dremel) • a battery powered Portable Dialysis Pump and a Pain Management Device (Sorenson)
• a range of Watering Cans and Tea Kettles (Henkel) • a Centennial-Honoring Vacuum Jug (Thermos)
PROLITEC Inc. - Milwaukee, WI 07.2012 - 04.2016
Principal Designer:
Created • commercial and consumer fragrancing appliances • market-leading air pumps incorporating
new sound-attenuation/vibration-isolation methodologies • legacy product updates and line extensions.
Enhanced/reimagined • venturi designs • tamper-proof/affordable fragrance cartridges.
JJL. TECHNOLOGIES - Morton Grove, IL
Senior Product Manager
With colleagues created/developed/manufactured ‘Easy Shade’ an Electro-Optical Device measuring
the precise color of teeth. Design elements included • internal/external caseworks • human-factor/display
and interface design • inter-component communication • charging/replenishment considerations. Entire
program was acquired by Vita-GMBH
ENDO VASCULAR ASSOCIATES - Washington, DC
Director of Industrial Design
With colleagues/collaborators, researched/developed/designed a revolutionary minimally invasive
method and related hardware to treat Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms-AAA. System included • Metal
Suture (Endostaple) • suture placement/ deployment Hand Tool • Treatment Catheters • Prosthetic Grafts
• Guide-line transection/Intraluminal positioning/in-blood viewing devices. Lead system development
through successful FDA sanctioned animal trials to (pre) Human-Trial testing
Howard M. Tanner 4447 N. Glenway Street. Wauwatosa, WI 53225. Ph.) 630.696.7071
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